Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Fri, Sep 22, 2023 | 12D | Act badly, in a way | Rafael Musa and Michael Lieberman | Shortz |
Thu, Jun 15, 2023 | 31D | OverDO it as an ACtor | David Harris | Shortz |
Sun, Mar 05, 2023 | 55A | Act theatrically | John-Clark Levin | Shortz |
Sat, Dec 17, 2022 | 37A | Act big? | Christina Iverson and Tom Pepper | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 11, 2022 | 58A | Ham it up | Laura Taylor Kinnel | Shortz |
Wed, Nov 30, 2022 | 49D | Overplay, in a way | Addison Snell | Shortz |
Sun, Nov 06, 2022 | 38D | Act unprofessionally? | Michael Lieberman | Shortz |
Mon, Mar 28, 2022 | 13A | Be melodramatic on stage | Leslie Rogers | Shortz |
Mon, Dec 20, 2021 | 2D | Act poorly? | Anne Rowley | Shortz |
Tue, Nov 09, 2021 | 14A | Overact | Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson | Shortz |
Mon, Oct 04, 2021 | 32D | Be overdramatic | Christina Iverson and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Fri, Apr 16, 2021 | 41A | Ham it up | Tom Pepper | Shortz |
Mon, Feb 22, 2021 | 32A | Ham it up | Barbara Lin | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 17, 2021 | 51D | Behave theatrically | Tracy Gray and Tom Pepper | Shortz |
Fri, Dec 11, 2020 | 44A | Ham it up | Ari Richter | Shortz |
Sun, May 10, 2020 | 96D | Put on a show | Adam Fromm | Shortz |
Sun, Apr 05, 2020 | 27A | Wax theatrical | Jim Peredo | Shortz |
Sat, Apr 04, 2020 | 19A | Be expressive, say | Yacob Yonas | Shortz |
Sun, Mar 29, 2020 | 124A | Not hide one's feelings | Ricky Cruz | Shortz |
Tue, Nov 26, 2019 | 29D | Ham it up | Olivia Mitra Framke | Shortz |
Tue, Nov 05, 2019 | 7D | Hardly underplay | John Guzzetta | Shortz |
Mon, Oct 14, 2019 | 70A | Overact | Gary Cee | Shortz |
Sun, May 26, 2019 | 82D | Cry too much, say | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 20, 2019 | 20A | Act over the top | Richard Crowe | Shortz |
Fri, Aug 24, 2018 | 29D | Act unprofessionally? | Roland Huget | Shortz |
Sun, Aug 19, 2018 | 30A | Show what's inside | Jacob Stulberg | Shortz |
Sun, Mar 11, 2018 | 51A | Scream or bawl, e.g. | Matthew Sewell | Shortz |
Sun, Nov 12, 2017 | 84D | Theatricalize | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
Sun, Sep 17, 2017 | 2D | Theatricalize | Mark MacLachlan | Shortz |
Fri, Jun 09, 2017 | 19A | Overplay a part | Steve Overton | Shortz |
Thu, Feb 16, 2017 | 26A | Overdo it, in a way | Keith Redwine | Shortz |
Mon, Oct 24, 2016 | 52D | Overact | John Guzzetta | Shortz |
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 | 22A | Gush | John Guzzetta | Shortz |
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 | 5D | Ham it up | James Mulhern | Shortz |
Wed, Jun 29, 2016 | 37A | Overplay | John Lampkin | Shortz |
Mon, Jun 20, 2016 | 7D | Overact | Jason Mueller | Shortz |
Fri, Jun 17, 2016 | 16A | Not act conservatively | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Thu, Feb 11, 2016 | 50D | Really act out? | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Thu, Sep 03, 2015 | 15D | Be a ham | Merl Reagle (1950-2015) | Shortz |
Sun, Jul 19, 2015 | 75A | Wear one's heart on one's sleeve | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Wed, Jul 15, 2015 | 26D | Ham it up | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Mon, Apr 06, 2015 | 51D | Be melodramatic | Finn Vigeland | Shortz |
Thu, Mar 12, 2015 | 56D | Act like an amateur? | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Tue, Dec 02, 2014 | 45A | Theatricalize | Timothy Polin | Shortz |
Wed, Nov 19, 2014 | 13D | Act badly, in a way | Jacob Stulberg | Shortz |
Tue, Jul 15, 2014 | 53D | Ham it up | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Sun, Apr 27, 2014 | 61D | Hardly be deadpan | John Lampkin | Shortz |
Thu, Nov 29, 2012 | 63A | Not act subtly | Sharon Delorme | Shortz |
Fri, Oct 05, 2012 | 3D | Do one's part poorly? | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 22, 2012 | 67D | Serve up some ham? | Adam Fromm | Shortz |
Thu, Jul 07, 2011 | 29D | Hardly suppress one's feelings | Caleb Rasmussen | Shortz |
Sun, May 08, 2011 | 108D | Express shock or happiness, say | Daniel A. Finan | Shortz |
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 50D | Overdo it, in a way | Michael Farabaugh | Shortz |
Wed, Sep 08, 2010 | 39D | Gush on stage | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
Wed, Jul 14, 2010 | 44D | Be melodramatic | Michael Black | Shortz |
Tue, Jun 01, 2010 | 47D | Overdo it onstage | Sarah Keller | Shortz |
Sun, May 09, 2010 | 129A | Act badly? | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Mon, Apr 12, 2010 | 10D | Act with great feeling | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | 24D | Ham it up | Caleb Madison | Shortz |
Thu, May 14, 2009 | 6D | Make a big scene? | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Thu, Mar 26, 2009 | 59A | Chew the scenery | Edward Safran | Shortz |
Fri, Feb 13, 2009 | 60A | Act unprofessionally | Doug Peterson | Shortz |
Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | 36A | Show too much feeling? | Merl Reagle | Shortz |
Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | 45A | Ham it up | Sharon Delorme | Shortz |
Wed, May 28, 2008 | 52A | Play broadly | C. W. Stewart | Shortz |
Wed, May 07, 2008 | 37A | Go too far onstage | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Sun, May 04, 2008 | 19A | Try to steal the scene, maybe | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Sat, Apr 19, 2008 | 9D | Engage in cabotinage | Bob Klahn | Shortz |
Tue, Mar 04, 2008 | 68A | Play to the back of the audience | Kevin Donovan | Shortz |
Mon, Feb 11, 2008 | 53D | Overact | Ken Bessette | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 06, 2008 | 113A | Overdo it, in a way | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Fri, Nov 09, 2007 | 37A | Get all histrionic | Henry Hook | Shortz |
Wed, Oct 31, 2007 | 37A | Ham it up | Ken Stern | Shortz |
Sat, Oct 27, 2007 | 50D | Mug, e.g. | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 07, 2007 | 46D | Wax theatrical | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Thu, Sep 13, 2007 | 46D | Overplay | Joe Krozel & Victor Fleming | Shortz |
Mon, Jun 11, 2007 | 19A | Play a role none too subtly | Harriet Clifton | Shortz |
Wed, May 30, 2007 | 19A | Speak histrionically | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
Fri, May 18, 2007 | 49A | Cry too readily, maybe | David Quarfoot | Shortz |
Thu, Feb 15, 2007 | 22D | Act broadly | Elizabeth Rehfeld | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 31, 2006 | 68D | Not play it straight | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Tue, Aug 22, 2006 | 2D | Overact | Michael J. Doran | Shortz |
Mon, Dec 05, 2005 | 60A | Play much too broadly on stage | Gary Steinmehl | Shortz |
Thu, Nov 17, 2005 | 48D | Not play subtly | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Wed, May 11, 2005 | 32D | Overdo a scene | Kumar Balani and Lou Sabin | Shortz |
Tue, May 03, 2005 | 70A | Play to the back row and then some | Gary Steinmehl | Shortz |
Fri, Apr 08, 2005 | 31D | Be theatrical | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Wed, Feb 09, 2005 | 53A | Play too broadly | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Sat, Jan 22, 2005 | 16A | Not keep one's feelings pent up | Byron Walden | Shortz |
Mon, Jan 17, 2005 | 60A | Ham it up | Alison Donald | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 02, 2005 | 57D | Show feelings | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 04, 2004 | 34D | Not hold back | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Fri, Sep 12, 2003 | 30A | Overdo a scene, say | Sherry O. Blackard | Shortz |
Sun, Jun 22, 2003 | 29D | Do a part poorly | John Duschatko | Shortz |
Tue, May 27, 2003 | 55D | Milk a scene for all it's worth | PAtrick MErrell | Shortz |
Thu, Mar 27, 2003 | 23A | Play too broadly | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Tue, Mar 11, 2003 | 30D | Ham it up | Janice M. Putney | Shortz |
Tue, Dec 03, 2002 | 22A | Be a ham | Tyler Hinman | Shortz |
Sun, Apr 28, 2002 | 124A | Overdo it, in a way | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Wed, Apr 10, 2002 | 33D | Act badly? | Gregory Casagrande | Shortz |
Sun, Mar 31, 2002 | 2D | Be theatrical | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Tue, Jan 15, 2002 | 38A | Overact | Kelly Clark | Shortz |
Sat, Sep 08, 2001 | 36A | Gush | Jim Page | Shortz |
Tue, Aug 14, 2001 | 19A | Rage, e.g., onstage | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Wed, May 16, 2001 | 68A | Chew the scenery | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Sun, May 13, 2001 | 63A | Be actorish | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
Tue, May 08, 2001 | 26D | Ham it up | Mark P. Sherwood | Shortz |
Sun, May 06, 2001 | 22A | Get carried away in Hollywood | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 17, 2000 | 66D | Play to the rafters | Frances Hansen | Shortz |
Wed, Dec 06, 2000 | 27D | Be a ham in "Hamlet"? | Mel Taub (and crossword class) | Shortz |
Mon, Dec 04, 2000 | 56D | Overdo it on stage | Eileen Lexau | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 01, 2000 | 19D | Overdramatize | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
Sat, Jul 29, 2000 | 28A | Go overboard, in a way | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Tue, Jul 11, 2000 | 54D | Ham it up | Nick Grivas and Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Wed, May 31, 2000 | 52A | Act badly | M. Francis Vuolo | Shortz |
Thu, Jun 17, 1999 | 1D | Hardly underplay | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Mon, May 24, 1999 | 49D | Overact | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Wed, Apr 21, 1999 | 56A | Overact | Mary E. Brindamour | Shortz |
Tue, Apr 13, 1999 | 52D | Ham it up | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Tue, Mar 02, 1999 | 9A | Ham it up | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Wed, Nov 18, 1998 | 22D | Ham it up | Stephanie Spadaccini | Shortz |
Sat, Nov 07, 1998 | 51A | Shed crocodile tears | Raymond Hamel | Shortz |
Thu, May 21, 1998 | 51A | Turn on the dramatics | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Wed, May 06, 1998 | 7D | Chew the scenery | Richard Hughes | Shortz |
Wed, Dec 31, 1997 | 59A | Chew the scenery | Alfio Micci | Shortz |
Mon, Dec 29, 1997 | 34D | Ham it up | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Wed, May 14, 1997 | 69A | Overact | Norman S. Wizer | Shortz |
Tue, Feb 11, 1997 | 48D | Overplay onstage | P. Jordan | Shortz |
Fri, Nov 22, 1996 | 26D | Play without restraint | A. K. Justin | Shortz |
Tue, Sep 10, 1996 | 47D | Play to the balcony | G. E. Paul | Shortz |
Mon, Sep 02, 1996 | 53D | Ham it up | F. Piscop | Shortz |
Thu, Jul 25, 1996 | 61A | Overact | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
Wed, Jul 10, 1996 | 20A | Play the ham | Diane C. Baldwin | Shortz |
Sun, Feb 25, 1996 | 82D | Gush feeling | D. Niles | Shortz |
Thu, Jul 13, 1995 | 9D | Overdramatize | A.J. Santora | Shortz |
Mon, Feb 27, 1995 | 47D | Overact | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
Sat, Feb 11, 1995 | 50A | Gush | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Thu, Sep 29, 1994 | 66A | Ham it up | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Sun, Aug 07, 1994 | 67D | Gush | Dean Niles | Shortz |
Sun, Apr 10, 1994 | 41D | Gush | Trip Payne | Shortz |
Mon, Feb 14, 1994 | 30D | Overact | Nancy Joline | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 16, 1994 | 119A | Chew the scenery | Ernst Theimer | Shortz |
Thu, Jan 13, 1994 | 63A | Be a ham | Harvey Estes | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 02, 1994 | 17D | Overact | Brian G. Tyler | Shortz |